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"How wide is the gap between No. 1 and No. 2? I don't know. We have to come back tomorrow and find out."

Cann, who along with McKee has competed with and against Marion County star Makayla Epps in summer ball, is looking forward to the challenge.

"To be the best you have to beat the best," she said.

Friday's other games

Manual 78, Owensboro Catholic 69: The defending champ Crimsons stayed alive, and in the process ended the high school career of Owensboro Catholic's Becca Greenwell, one of the state's all-time best players.

Manual won behind the solid play of 6-0 junior Kayla Styles, who had 21 points, nine rebounds, five assists and defended Greenwell as well as anybody could.

The Crimsons were 10-for-24 from three-point range, led by Morgan Allen's 5-for-9 performance. Allen, who suffered a cut above her left eye in Thursday's game and required five stitches, couldn't explain her terrific shooting.

"I was 1-for-9 yesterday," she said. "And I was like 0-for-100 at least at one point this season. So I don't know how I did it."

Greenwell, a 6-1 senior who has signed with Duke, played most of the season with a bum right knee. She figured she was playing at 60 percent efficiency, but that didn't keep her from gutting out all but six seconds of her final game.

Greenwell had a tough shooting night (10-for-27), but still wound up with 30 points, seven rebounds and three steals.

"It's been an awesome six years, and I've loved every minute of it," she said of her Aces' career.

Manual's victory means that Stacy Pendleton can return as coach. He had to sit out the last three games after being ejected from the region semifinals.

Notre Dame 48, Marshall County 39: In a deliberate-paced game that made every possession valuable, Notre Dame found gold late.

The Pandas broke out of a 37-37 tie midway through the fourth quarter with a 10-0 run that might as well have been 100-0.

Olivia Voskuhl had four of her 20 points in the Notre Dame surge, which had as much to do with defense as anything. The Pandas blanked the Marshals for almost four minutes to earn their first-ever trip to the final four.

Voskuhl, a 5-10 senior, also had seven rebounds and was 6-for-6 at the foul line.